September/October 2025

ON THE COVER:
Detail from Burn the Saddles and Cache the Furs, an original oil painting by Martin Grelle. From the collection of Fred and Beryl Everette.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
9 People to Watch Joey Browning — Andrew Scott Wills
11 Shooting the Bull Trade Gun Frolic — Mike Nesbitt
19 Dispatches from New England Duck Scout — Vincent C. Spiotti
29 18th Century Traveler The “Mississippi” Rifle — Matt Wulff
39 Portals in Time A Gift Of Appreciation Washington’s Pistols At West Point — Mark Steven Sage
49 On the Game Trail As the Wind Blows — Pierce Pritchett
57 The Hill Family of South Carolina, Three Generations of Longrifle Legacy — Walter Hill
71 Hiss… A Most Excellent Sar-pent, Part I: First Snaky New World Encounters — Ted Franklin Belue
83 To Cross the Great Divide: Revival at Rendezvous — J Gregory Killingsworth
93 Classified Ads
96 Index of Display Advertisers